News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Go is Google's language, not ours. Parent comment

Re:Go is Google's language, not ours by nailer on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @10:09AM (#19981325)
> Being told to use this opinionated formatter was like removing a 40kg bag after a bush walk.

I think the gofmt approach is becoming an unofficial standard. In the JS world 'prettier' has taken off and I think most languages now have a community anointed formatter (and new languages are likely to have an official one).

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Go is Google's language, not ours by baby on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @10:57AM (#19981887)
Yes, but they might be customizable. For example Rust has rustfmt but you can customize it. Which is a horrible approach imo.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Go is Google's language, not ours by nailer on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @11:00AM (#19981914)
Agreed. Prettier, BTW, is specifically low customization.
[ Parent | on HN ]